geez do they always forget to add that this is an ordinary trend with population growth , wont the population be about triple of that now by 2050?

That and the fact that the life span is increasing. Older folk will be more prone to it. Its a tough one for families to deal with. Had a MIL that lived with us for 8 years that had it. I can't imagine the stress it would have caused had she not had the foresight to purchase a long term care policy. As it is it was a challenge even with a paid caregiver there 8 hours a day

In the grand scheme of things, our bodies aren't supposed to last this long. We keep living longer, and the problems just manifest themselves. Our actual shelf life should be about 50-60 years. Once you reproduce, you're of no real use in nature anymore.

we get older, yeah, but after age 60 we cant piss on our own and become a burden on healtcare insurance and whats the quality of the extended life?

From my observations of the MIL there was no quality of life in her last few years. Diapers, clueless, unable to communicate, agitated-probably due to the 1st 3. It sounds callous but...........we have more compassion for our pets in ending the suffering or someone on life support with little/no hope. Not that thats a call I would want to make for anyone

I trust biotech companies to knowingly push bad shit if the profit:risk ratio is appealing, and I agree that GM needs way tighter control than the revolving door between Monsanto/ADM/etc and the FDA effects, but I'm not opposed to new farm tech outright. If we grew everything organically, I doubt the planet would produce enough to feed the population.

Also, that article had a definite yellow tinge to it. Big on the might/could/may and virus buzzword but no data whatsoever, and the main claim that developers didn't know about the gene seems false given that the viral injection of it is an intentional thing.